Plato Quotes

Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
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In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but the two together, With these two means, man can attain perfection.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Music gives soul to the universe
wings to the mind
flight to the imagination
and life to everything.

According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms,
4 legs, a head with 2 faces, Fearing their powers,
Zeus split them into 2 parts; leaving them to spend
the rest of their lives in search of their other half, These people
are called SOUL MATES & I found MINE <3

...for anyone with any sense, a small number of intelligent people are more alarming than a crowd of unintelligent ones.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.